GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Summary
GeForce GTX 970M
395%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970M |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 295% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970M
The GeForce GTX 970M is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970M | | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM204 (N16E-GT-A2) | vs | GF116 (GF116-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | vs | 238 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,200 million | vs | 1,170 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 192 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 4 |
| Core clock | 1038 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 24 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970M | | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective | vs | 1026 MHz
4104 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 970M | | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 116 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Oct 2014 | vs | 15 Mar 2011 |
GeForce GTX 970M
49.80 GP/s
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
7.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970M
83.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
28.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970M
120.30 GB/s
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
98.50 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970M
2657.30 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
691.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970M
9860
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
2490
Points (higher is better)